oxytone

A noun referring to a word that has stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das ein Wort bezeichnet, bei dem die Betonung oder der Akut auf der letzten Silbe liegt.

1. Word with final stress C2 formal

   A word that has the primary stress or an acute accent on its last syllable.

   • In Greek, 'theós' is an oxytone because the stress falls on the final syllable.
   • The word 'café' is an oxytone in English, with stress on the last syllable.
   • Linguists classify 'oxytone' itself as a word with stress on the final syllable.

   🇩🇪Wort mit Betonung auf der letzten Silbe

   Antonyme: paroxytoneproparoxytone

• oxytone plural form
• oxytone' possessive plural form
• oxytone's possessive singular form